2020 WHC

Kanał Augustowski (Augustów Canal) (Belarus, Lithuania, Poland) - the preparation of transboundary nomination started; they are planning to have it completed in December 2018. Although the site is not on Lithuanian TL, the country takes part in the meetings/workshops.

Highly tenuous at this point. Yet, I don't doubt a good number of these nominations are more or less confirmed for 2020. The other half are projected for 2020, but as we know delays happen all the time, and reports are often overly confident.

Coincidentally we have been in and around Chiang Mai today trying to capture what the very unfocussed "Lanna" T List entry is about. It needs a lot of work to concentrate on the really significant elements and ones which have not been degraded. There is OUV there but it needs a sharpening of the nomination - not the inclusion of just about everything a committee could think of.Is it a matter of putting the North and the South in competition to see which can get its nomination ready first?? I can't really see either nominations being ready for those dates, given the stages described as having been reached in the report

Is it a matter of putting the North and the South in competition to see which can get its nomination really ready first??

I don't think it is, Wat Mahathat actually should finish last year, but they decide to stop until they can get scientific evidence of how exactly old of stupa. While Chiang Mai, they just do according to their plan, actually they changed a lot from original plan after advice from ICOMOS that they should focus on Lanna sites not the whole historic buildings in the city. Less site and less work so they confident to finish work in time.

PS. It would be great if we can meet if you are in Bangkok next week:)

PS. It would be great if we can meet if you are in Bangkok next week:)

We get back to Bangkok early pm Thurs Dec 7 (drop car at a/p and metro in) and leave 2 am on Sun Dec 10!!! I.e 3 evenings and 2 full days.If you email Els she can forward our email address or forward yours to us . We are booked in at Evergreen Place.So we still have a week to wend our way south via Kha Khaeng, Lopburi, Ayuthaya and Kaeng Krachan! Today to Mae Hong Son and no WHS or T List.

There were some discussion to propose Wat Phrathat Doi Kongmu in Mae Hong Son city

You mention sacred Lanna Mountains and Temples - are these a (or 2?) potential further T list entries or a development of the original Chiang Mai Lanna site. This, despite its volume of different locations didn't really stray far beyond Chiang Mai - yet e.g Lampang and Lamphun contain significant sites from that period (and before).